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I'm looking at the document of Rename-Item and there is an example like this. PS C:\>Get-ChildItem *.txt | Rename-Item -NewName { $_.name -Replace '\.txt','.log' } This example shows how to use the Replace operator to rename multiple files, even though the NewName parameter does not accept wildcard characters. This command renames all of the .txt files in the current directory to .log. The command uses the Get-ChildItem cmdlet to get all of the files in the current folder that have a .txt file name extension. Then, it uses the pipeline operator (|) to send those files to Rename-Item . The

I guess you can't just do this: $servicePath = $args[0] if(Test-Path -path $servicePath) <-- does not throw in here $block = { write-host $servicePath -foreground "magenta" if((Test-Path -path $servicePath)) { <-- throws here. dowork } } So how can I pass my variables to the scriptblock $block? Lars Truijens Keith's answer also works for Invoke-Command , with the limit that you can't use named parameters. The arguments should be set using the -ArgumentList parameter and should be comma separated. $sb = {param($p1,$p2) $OFS=','; "p1 is $p1, p2 is $p2, rest of args: $args"} Invoke-Command $sb